Shloka 5

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

तस्य यज्ञों महानासीदश्चमेधो महात्मन: । बृहस्पतिरुपाध्यायस्तत्र होता बभूव ह,एक समय उन महात्मा नरेशने महान्‌ अश्व-मेधयज्ञका आयोजन किया। उसमें उनके उपाध्याय बृहस्पति होता हुए

Transliteration

tasya yajño mahān āsīd aśvamedho mahātmanaḥ | bṛhaspatir upādhyāyas tatra hotā babhūva ha ||

Translation

Wika ni Bhishma: Para sa haring may dakilang diwa, nagkaroon ng isang maringal na handog—ang Aśvamedha. Sa ritwal na iyon, ang kanyang gurong si Bṛhaspati ang tunay na nagsilbing hotṛ na pari.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (king)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• यज्ञः: sacrifice, ritual
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• अश्वमेधः: Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
• अश्वमेधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• उपाध्यायः: teacher, preceptor
• उपाध्यायः: Apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• होता: Hotṛ priest (invoker)
• होता: Predicate
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• बभूव: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brihaspati
• Ashvamedha (horse sacrifice)
• Hotṛ (priestly office)
• the king (unnamed in this verse)